Educational Research

Which of the following best describes research questions?

• Statements that advances the overall direction or focus for the study.

• Statements in quantitative research in which the researcher makes a prediction or conjecture about the outcome of a relationship among attributes or characteristics.

• Statements or questions that narrow the research aim or purpose statement.

• Statements of intent that specifies goals that a researcher plan to achieve in the study.

What variables might influence the outcomes but cannot or will not be measured?

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• control variable

• confounding variable

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Family of Variables in Educational Research

What variables do I need to measure to make sure that the major factors influence the outcomes and not the other factors?

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• control variable

• confounding variable

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Family of Variables in Educational Research

An independent variable manipulated by the researcher.

• Measured Variable

• Control Variable

• Treatment Variable

• Moderating Variable

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Family of Variables in Educational Research

Is an attribute or characteristic that stands between the dependent and independent variables and exercises an influence on the dependent variable apart fom independent variable

• Intervening Variable

• Confounding Variable

• Moderating Variable

• Control Variable

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Family of Variables in Educational Research

Which of the following is TRUE about quantitative purpose statements and research questions?

• The researcher do not compare or relate groups.

• The researcher seeks a deep understanding of the views of one group or single individuals.

• The researcher tests theories and identifies multiple variables.

• The researcher seeks to gather information on a single concept.

"There is no significant difference between the control group and experimental group in terms of their pretest scores." What type of hypothesis is involved?

• Alternative Hypothesis

• Null Hypothesis

• Either A or B.

• Neither A nor B.

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Hypotheses

For qualitative research questions, the overarching question you explore in the research study is the ______.

• issue sub-questions

• central questions

• procedural sub-questions

• None of the above.

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Research Questions in Qualitative Research

What variables or factors influence the outcomes?

• dependent variables

• independent variables

• control variables

• confounding variables

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Family of Variables in Educational Research

When the purpose of the study is to explore parents stories regarding distance learning with teachers about their students in the division of Manila, the purpose statement is _____.

• quantitative

• qualitative

• both quantitative and qualitative

• can not be determined

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Speci